Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...

Twelve years ago, at a United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen, rich nations made a significant pledge. They promised to channel US$100 billion a year to less wealthy nations by 2020, to help ...

Two Billion Years Ago, up to 99 Percent of Life on Earth Died in an Event More Catastrophic Than Mass Extinction of the Dinosaurs. Published Sep 02, 2019 at 11:56 AM EDT. By .

Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star that will outlive the sun by 100 billion years. News. By Sharmila Kuthunur published 19 May 2024 ... its atmosphere eroded away long ago, leaving it bare.

Now, researchers may have discovered a new mass extinction event, one that happened 2.05 billion years ago and likely killed between 80 percent and 99.5 percent of all of life on Earth.

The Milky Way includes about 100 billion stars, NASA said, including our sun. The sun formed "only" 4.5 billion years ago, much later than this cosmic collision between galaxies.